At the end of the Sui Dynasty

Chapter 335 Yingyang Mansion

Dashiling was originally a quarry, only about ten miles away from Juyongguan in the southeast. It is said that when Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall, he forcibly moved criminals, soldiers and civilians to settle here, and was responsible for building the Great Wall. It got its name from the meaning of "migrating to the mediocre", and the stone materials for the construction of Juyongguan were collected from Dashiling, and it is estimated that the name Dashiling was also derived from this.

When Gao Bufan took Han Laoshi, Liu Gou'er and Liu Qijin back to Dashiling quietly, he found that the gang of thieves had already left. clues.

"The number of people on the other side is not less than 100 people." Han Laoshi confirmed after checking it once.

Liu Gou'er added with a strange expression: "Judging from the traces left by the horse, the other party left in the southeast direction."

Gao Bufan raised his brows, it seems that this gang of thieves is very arrogant, instead of breaking up and fleeing, they drove more than 500 horses and left in a group, and they did not hide all the traces left on the ground, this is Are you confident, or are you suspicious?
"Juyongguan is more than ten miles to the southeast. These thieves don't want to enter the pass with [-] stolen horses, do they? This is a bit too bold!" Liu Qijin said suspiciously.

Gao Bufan nodded and said: "It's possible that the other party dared to blackmail our five hundred horses. He is courageous enough. It would not be surprising even if he broke through the barrier directly. Gou'er followed me to the southeast. Uncle Han and Qijin Go ten miles to the northwest to confirm, so as not to fall into the opposite plan of the other party."

Without further ado, Han Laoshi took Liu Qijin and galloped towards the northwest, while Gao Bufan and Liu Gou'er followed the hooves all the way to the southeast, and soon, they chased to Juyongguan Next, the guards of the gate naturally recognized Gao Bufan, after all, this man entered and exited the pass at least once a month, so he opened the gate and let him pass.

"Hey, didn't Supervisor Gao Mu go to the racecourse? Why did you return so soon?" the guard general asked curiously.

The general guarding the pass was a brigade commander, surnamed Zhang and Mo. Gao Bufan usually brought some food for the pass guards when he passed the pass, and he even gave Zhang Mo a horse as a gift, so the two were familiar with each other.

Gao Bufan smiled calmly and said: "The Animal Husbandry Supervision Office has urgent business, so I rushed back. By the way, I dare to ask Marshal Zhang, did hundreds of horses pass the customs not long ago?"

Zhang Mo nodded and said: "Yes, the other party is from Yingyang Mansion, who said they purchased horses from Shanggu County, his uncle's, and the military mansion's treatment is high, with a total strength of more than 1000. But purchasing [-] horses at a time is really a damn big deal, not like us miserable guards."

"Yingyang Mansion?" Gao Bufan's heart skipped a beat.

Yingyang Mansion was originally named Hushi Mansion, and it had a Huqi General and a Cheqi General. It belonged to the Twelve Guards, which was equivalent to the local army stationed by the imperial court. In the third year of the great cause, Yang Guang changed the name of the Hushi Mansion to Yingyang. In the Mansion, General Hussars was changed to General Yingyanglang, with a rank of fifth rank, and General Chariot was changed to General Yingjilang, ranked from fifth rank. Each Yingyang mansion led about a thousand soldiers.

The Yingyang Mansion is only under the jurisdiction of the Twelve Guards, and is generally deployed near Luoyang and Daxing. It is an important force to defend the capital. In addition, some important prefectures and towns also have Yingyang Mansions, such as Mayi and Zhuojun.

Gao Bufan was shocked when he learned that it was Yingyang Mansion in Zhuo County who hacked his [-] horses, and his heart quickly sank to the bottom of the valley.

"Gao Bufan, what's the matter?" Zhang Mo asked suspiciously when he saw Gao Bufan's expression was a little off.

Gao Bufan calmed down quickly, frowned and said, "It's nothing, I'm just a little surprised. Yingyang Mansion in Zhuojun purchased so many horses at once, it's really unusual."

Zhang Mo nodded and said, "It's true, but we have nothing to do with it. Supervisor Gao Mu may be able to intervene. After all, all the horses in our Zhuo County are under the supervision of your Animal Husbandry Supervisory Office."

Gao Bufan pretended to smile bitterly and said: "Yingyang Mansion is only under the jurisdiction of the Twelve Guard Mansions, I have no control over it." After speaking, he took Liu Gou'er and rode his horse across the border.

As soon as the two of them left the Guancheng, Liu Gou'er asked nervously in a low voice: "My lord, the person who hacked our five hundred horses turned out to be the guard of the Yingyang Mansion. The other party is not a fishing law enforcement officer?"

Gao Bufan also thought so at the beginning, but after careful consideration, he found it impossible. First of all, horse farms in various places are doing private sales of horses. It is almost a semi-public fact. As long as the horse farms can fulfill the imperial quota every year, The government has always turned a blind eye to this.Secondly, anti-smuggling is not the responsibility of Yingyang Mansion. Even if it is necessary to arrest smuggled horses, the Animal Husbandry Supervision Department takes the lead, and it is not Yingyang Mansion's turn to do it for them.

In addition, when these people robbed the horses, they clearly wanted to kill people and silence them, and even claimed that they had purchased the [-] horses, so it is absolutely impossible for them to be fishing for law enforcement. This incident is full of weirdness!
"My lord, what should we do now?" Liu Gou'er asked in a deep voice. The Yufeng Racecourse has just started on the right track, and everyone managed to live a good life. After a while, they plan to bring all the family members of Liu'an Village to reunite. However, if the matter of privately selling horses is revealed, and if the court pursues it, the racecourse will be finished. After all, many buyers are shady, and there are no bandits among them, or even rebels who have raised their flags against the Sui Dynasty.

Gao Bufan calmly ordered: "Listen carefully, dog, the situation may not be that bad, but we also need to take precautions, and you should rush back to Jixian County immediately, and inform Gao Shou and Gao Ren to pick up Mingcui. Go to the racecourse to hide first, I will go to Yingyang Mansion to clarify the matter."

Nowadays, there are thieves everywhere in the Sui Dynasty. If the other party is a thief, hacking five hundred of his own horses is naturally reasonable, but the other party is actually an officer and soldier of the Yingyang Mansion. Even Yu Wenhua and this kind of people are afraid of connections, let alone Yingyang Mansion, unless there is an order from above to let Yingyang Mansion do so!

But if it was really the order of the superiors, why didn't the Yingyang Mansion directly march to the Yufeng Racecourse, wouldn't that be more troublesome?But no matter what, Gao Bufan decided to take the person away first, as the saying goes, if it really happened, he would pat his butt and leave!
Besides, Gao Bufan and Liu Gou'er rode their horses and galloped all the way, and finally rushed back to Jixian City near sunset.

Although the office of Yingyang Mansion is in the city, the barracks of the soldiers are in the west of the city, so Gao Bufan rode his horse directly to the west side of Ji County, and he saw a lot of hoof tracks along the way. Nine out of ten of the [-] horses that were taken away were blatantly driven back to the station by the government soldiers.

The camp of Yingyang Mansion in Zhuojun was set up next to the official road about five miles west of the city. Gao Bufan rode his horse and came nearby. He planned to hide the big green horse in the woods, and then sneaked into the camp to inquire about the news, but he just walked to the edge of the woods Then they heard the sound of fierce fighting, and after several screams, a figure staggered out in the twilight.

It was too late for Gao Bufan to dodge at this time, after all, he was still leading the horse. Although Qingyun was running at full speed, he was not that flexible after all, so the man who escaped from the woods immediately met Gao Bufan, and the two looked at each other. Touched, all stunned.

"Brother Xiao?" A look of astonishment flashed in Gao Bufan's eyes. It turned out that it was Xiao Jian who came to congratulate on behalf of "Gongsun Yingxiu" when the racecourse opened when he stumbled out of the woods.

Xiao Jian's body was covered with paint, and he was hit on his left calf, the blood has already stained a large area red, no wonder he stumbled when he walked.Gao Bufan couldn't help being vigilant secretly, Xiao Jian's martial arts is definitely not weak, but he was injured, which shows that the opponent is very strong, could it be the landlord?

"Why is Gao Mujian here?" Xiao Jian was puzzled. While speaking, a group of people had been chased out of the woods. One of them had a very conspicuous big bald head and a big belly. If he was holding a string of Buddhist beads in his hand, he would be alive It is a Maitreya Buddha who always smiles.

When Gao Bufan saw this shiny egg head, he was stunned immediately, and when the egg head saw Gao Bufan, he was also stunned, but soon put on a smiling face and said: "It turns out that it is the owner of Gao Shao, It’s really where we don’t meet each other in life!”

"Ma Xingkong!" Gao Bufan also blurted out.

That's right, this bald and shiny man is none other than Ma Xingkong, the owner of Feiyu Racecourse who was fighting for business between Yu County and Feiying Racecourse.

(End of this chapter)